The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-06-30
KENTUCKY HETTLRMENT.
TOnlvsr's Gang wiped out of Exist


KENTUCKY HETTLEMENT.
TOIIiVerss Gang Wiped out OF Exist.
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LEXINGTON. KY, June 22.-It is said
that large party Of men, ostensibly
led by DR.. Logan, whose two sons were
murdered in cold blood by the TolliVe1
gang about two weeks ago, and who
was in jail in this city at the time OF
the tragedy, had organized a band OF
regulators for the purpose of Kidding
Rowan County of desperadoes. Ru-
mors Of this band of regulators being
| In the neighborhood of Morehead have
been frequent. This morning a little
| after 8 O'Clock, the regulators being
| concealed in close proximity to More
head, opened fire on Tolliver and some
of the men who were in the street. Toll
liver was killed early in the engage
ment and the fight assumed a BUSH
whacking character, men hiding be-
hind houses and trees and shooting
any one they could see Reports differ
as to the number killed, one placing
the number at five, including Tolliver.
Another stated that Craig Tolliver,
two of his brothers and thirteen men
had been killed.
ToLLIVER's GANG WIPED OUT.
LOUISVILLE, June PA Lexington
special to the Courier-Journal has the
following: The news from Rowan
County to-day appears to be an Indus
putable fact that Craig Tolliver is
killed and his gang dismembered for
| ever. The news comes by a Lexington
minister and others who came through
Moorhead to-day on the Chesapeake Il
Ohio train from Norfolk, Va. At
about half past o O'Clock this morning
when this train was within a few miles
of Moorehead it was tagged by some
citizens, and when it came to a stop
they informed the conductor that a
bloody battle was going on in Moore
head between sheriff's posse and the
TOlliver gang, and that it would not be
safe for the train to proceed until
hostilities ceased. The passengers
and train men were all very
much frightened, and at their
solicitation the conductor ran the
train to Martins switch q miles east
of Moorehead. There they remained
were notified that the fighting was
over and that the train might pass
through in safety. The train
stopped for some time at
MoOTehead and there the passengers
learned the particulars of the battle
which appear to be about as follows:
Sheriff Hogg presumably acting under
instructions from the state authorities,
for he recently visited Frankfort to see
week quietly organizing very large
posse of determined men in the upper
part of Rowan County and in
the adjoining counties for the
purpose of arresting Craig Toll
liver or all the party who were
implicated in the murder of the Logan
boys some two weeks ago. Craig TOlli-
yer had received intimations of this,
but they were so vague that he sup
posed the party would be regulators
instead Of sheriff's posse. Tolliver
and his party, consisting of about ten
men, were quite vigilant, and went
heavily armed to meet every eastward
bound train at the depot to search for
suspicious characters, and to see that
no one got off at Moorehead but
s shSs9 w hogr t eGSyipped deSlre Sis
large party with Winchester rifles and
the ammunition was secretly conveyed
to his rendezvous while he was organ
iZing the posse. Everything was ready
for the move on Tolliver's gang several
days ago, but as it was known that
neither he nor any of his men would
peaceably submit to legal arrest of
any kind it was deemed best
to have the plans thoroughly
step. 1t was finally determined to at
tempt the arrest of the assassins We'd
nesday, June %, in the day time to
prevent any women, children or inOf-
fensive citizens from being killed by
accident. Accordingly at an early
hour this morning the people living on
the line of the railroad within two or
-
e saefe side SS of Of the 00t toWn we 3e
notified to stop all trains and the con-
ductors what was going on at More
head, so that the passengers and train
men would not be placed in danger.
Sheriff Hogg's band of resolute men,
| numbering probably more than 200 ap-
peared suddenly at Morehead about 8
O'Clock this morning. a Gordon was
| first established around the entire
town in the brush where the men
could not be seen. The Sheriff then
entered the town at the head of about
100 well armed men. Craig Tolliver
and his ten followers Immediately re-
treated to the Cottage Hotel, which
they had previously barricaded in such
a manner as to make it quite Il formid-
able fertilization. Sheriff Hogg then
notified Tolliver that he had warrants
fer the arrest of all the men implicated
1
asked that they all submit peaceably to
arrest under the law. TOlliver's re-
ply was that neither he nor his men
would be arrested, and that full
100 men could not take them. His
party then opened fire on the Sheriff'S
posse. Quite a brisk rattle of musketry
ensued, and the fighting was kept VI
probably for two hours. The only
casualty for time was flesh wounC
. | rnn
posse. The attacking party, however
were gradually drawing their lines
closer around TOlliver's fertilization
and the besieged party finding things
growing too warm, finally concluded K
make bold rush for liberty, cut thei
way through the Sheriff's lines ant
take to the adjacent brush, wher
once reached would afford them sc
cure escape, but as they made the ruSl
they were met by tremendous volley
which killed Craig Tolliver, Bud Toll
yer, Jay TOlliver and Hiram Cooper
They were all shot through the heart
J and died instantly. Craig Tollive
, seems to have been a general target, a
he was 80 thoroughly riddled as t.
be scarcely recognizable. TIL
, other men of the gang go
J through safely, but as they approache,
the brush they were met by a volle
L
stationed ten or twelve feet apart a
, around the town. This volley wound
: ed Cate Tolliver, a u year old boy an
, three others, all of whom Wer
captured except Cate Tollive
who crawled into the brush and es
} capped. The other three escaped, bu
| were captured afterwards. Thi
brought the battle to an end and tn
! slain were gathered up and laid out O
the street, where they were viewed b
the people and the passengers from tn
train.
DEFALCATTON UNEARTHED.
, CHICAGO, June "a defalcatio
has been discovered in the city waite
department. l.. G. Pope, meter CO
lector, has been collecting tax bills an
Q representing that he was unable to &c
: the money. The defalcation- wi
: amount to probably %, 900, or sc ,OO'
Pope has disappeared and the dete,
tives are unable to find any trace {
}. him.
MORTALITY WOUNDED.